SUSE-SU-2017:3389-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-12-20 16:03 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:37
Summary
Security update for xstream
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for xstream
Description of the patch: This update for xstream fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-7957: XStream could cause a Denial of Service when unmarshalling void. (bsc#1070731)
Patchnames: SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.0-2017-2124
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2017-7957
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Manager Server 3.0:xstream-0:1.4.9-4.3.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
References
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